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Flintlock rifle with a twisted, cylindrical, rifled barrel. …
See original version (French)
115
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Flintlock rifle with a twisted, cylindrical, rifled barrel. …
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
Flintlock rifle with a twisted, cylindrical, rifled barrel. Round lock body, swan-neck hammer, iron pan. Battery spring with a roller screwed in from the inside. Barrel mounted on a slide. All fittings in iron. Butt plate with a fleur-de-lis cut-out. Iron rib. Beautiful smooth walnut stock, restored at the butt end. Overall length: 1160mm. Mechanism in working order. Condition 1-
According to oral tradition, the former owner regarded this weapon as an English officer’s carbine issued to the Vendéens for the landing at Quiberon in 1795.
See original version (French)
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